Also... The question of who gets to abuse consumers more: content owners vs network owners is nearly obsolete. As megacorps merge, the two entities are not distinct anymore -- and somehow the mergers have been allowed to happen despite regulations that should have prevented them....

@joe - Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that when it comes to trials, that more lawyers means a court victory is assured. I misspoke a bit. By "most lawyers" -- I really meant "lawyer-lobbyists" because a large corp can essentially make the law, or at least shape policy in its favor.

So incumbent telcos are buying politicians and sending them draft bills.. which will make it very difficult for any entities without the same resources to even have their day in court.

Net Neutrality is not about consumer choice; consumer rights is a red herring. It's about which megacorporations get the privilege of screwing consumers the most -- the network providers, or the content providers.

Trust me -- between costs, regulatory fees, and more, this ever-present "balance" will find its way whatever the results. :p

This is a tired stereotype that just does not represent reality. And, speaking as a small-firm attorney with actual appellate experience, I am confident in saying that this is not the way the world always works.

I've been to court sessions where phalanxes of white-shoe law-firm lawyers were present to split their time arguing before the court. It's inevitably a cluster(very bad word), and -- even if they do wind up carrying the day based on the law -- it's in spite of, not because of, the idiotic way that work gets divided up in these situations.

And that's to say nothing of the butts I've kicked who had decades more experience and way better pedigrees than I did.

And other lawyers in firms of all sizes have similar stories to tell.

"The most lawyers" is helpful when it comes to research and discovery (because those are problems that require substantial human hours), but one driven and clever lawyer is better than 10 sleepy-eyed third-year associates burning the midnight oil.

In the high-stakes litigation context, Big Law doesn't exist to be the very very best. Big Law exists to provide credibility -- and, occasionally, scapegoating.

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